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2 maltatoday, FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017 News Do you really trust any one of them? Vote AD. David Thake follows spirit of BA's instructions and is back on air The PN radio show host is back on air, on his own programme, but as the show's resident commentator, rather than the host PAUL COCKS NATIONALIST Party candidate and radio talk show host David Thake is back on air, two days after the Broadcasting Author- ity ordered all stations to stop election candidates from host- ing regular programmes. In a move that would have made Machiavelli proud, Thake went on air again today at 4.15pm, but in a twist engi- neered to circumvent the BA instructions, the programme Taghna Lkoll was presented by a female presenter, who intro- duced Thake as the talk show's resident political commentator. In fact, it was mainly him do- ing the talking as usual, with him exchanging frequent barbs with the presenter warning her he could take up a lot of time and sometime cheekily asking her for some more time to ex- pound on his thoughts. If the BA's instructions were indeed to stop election candi- dates from "hosting" regular programmes, Thake's move was decidedly well thought out as he cannot be prevented from appearing on programmes as a guest. On Tuesday, he had greeted the BA's decision with dismay, after having to stop his daily programme a mere five min- utes after going on air. This is, to be fair, not a new issue and it comes up for dis- cussion in every electoral cam- paign. In the last election, PBS had barred election candidates from continuing to host pro- grammes during the campaign. And although Net TV and One had decided to keep elec- tion candidates off air, the PN media reversed its policy this year after broad complaints by Radio 101 listeners who object to the popular figures Thake – who also sits on the St Paul's local council - and Norman Vella – who will be contesting the 5th and 8th districts - not being able to host their pro- grammes. Local councillor David Thake rallying the crowds at a PN demonstration

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